But speaking of gays and gay rights of 1980s, these are the photos that are popular here to memorise the time. I'd say it has some carnevalisation in there, wouldn't you? At least it's hard to do this in closet. And that's hard in a society like mine which was very homogenous.
They were intentionally breaking the law (by being seen and themselves), and thus making them open for jail.
And today Pride is all about carnevalisation, of course.